Morya Federation - Great Quest Year 1 Report

Pham Thuy Duong (Daisy)

January 2017
Contents

1. Biography ................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Place on the Path ................................................................................................................... 9

3. Rayological Profile ............................................................................................................. 10

4. The Active Chakras ............................................................................................................ 13

5. Summary ................................................................................................................................ 14

References..................................................................................................................................... 16

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 1. Biography
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds,
and perhaps the most versatile genius in history.
Although best known for his paintings, Leonardo da
Vinci was also an incredibly talented scientist,
mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist,
sculptor, architect, musician and writer. His
powerful and curious mind covered various fields
of arts and knowledge, and his works were all
original, far advance of his time.
His full birth name was Leonardo di ser Piero da
Vinci. Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in the
Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the
Arno River, Italy. He was an illegitimate son of
Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a public
notary and Caterina, a peasant that may have been a servant from the Middle East. Little is
known about his mother Caterina. Leonardo spent his first five years living in a farm house
with his mother in the hamlet of Anchiano. Then he lived in the household of his father,
grandparents and uncle, Francesco in Vinci.
At the age of fourteen, his father took him
to Florence to be an apprentice to one of
the most successful artists of those days in
Italy, Andrea di Cione, known as
Verrocchio. Verrocchio had a big
workshop that was at the centre of the
intellectual currents of Florence. It was
here where Leonardo got the best
education possible in a vast range of
technical skills in drafting, chemistry,
metallurgy, metal working, plaster casting,
leather working, mechanics and carpentry
as well as the artistic skills of drawing, painting, sculpting and modeling. By 1472, when he
was twenty, Leonardo joined the Guild of Saint Luke, an organization of artists and doctors
of medicine. Even having his own studio, Leonardo still enjoyed working at Verrocchio’s
workshop. His earliest known work is a drawing in pen and ink of the Arno River valley
(1473).

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In 1482, Florentine ruler - Lorenzo de'
Medici, demanded Leonardo to create a silver
lyre and bring it as a peace gesture to
Ludovico Sforza – the future Duke of Milan.
For 17 years from 1482 to 1499, Leonardo
worked in Milan in the service of Ludovico, as
an architecture, civil and military engineering
advisor. Parts of his work for Ludovico
included designs for festival and carnival
processions and a dome for Milan Cathedral.
His most important work for the Duke of
Milan was to make a huge statue of Francesco
Sforza, Ludovico's predecessor, on horseback.
Starting with the horse, Leonardo studied,
measured, and drew horses over and over to
get the correct proportions and anatomy. He made a huge horse of clay, called the "Gran
Cavallo" for the casting process. It took him years to collect enough tons of bronze.
Unfortunately, in 1494, Ludovico used all of Leonardo's metal for cannons to defend the
city from the invasion by the French forces.
In 1499, with Ludovico Sforza overthrown in the Italian war, Leonardo fled Milan for
Venice, where he was employed as a military architect and engineer, devising methods to
defend the city from naval attack. In 1500, he returned to Florence, being guest of the
Servite monks at the monastery of Santissima Annunziata and was provided with a
workshop.
In 1502 Leonardo started to work in service for Cesare Borgia, the son of Pope Alexander
VI, as a military architect and engineer and travelling throughout Italy with his patron. He
returned to Florence where he rejoined the Guild of St Luke in 1503. In 1508 he was back
in Milan, living in his own house in the parish of Santa Babila. From 1513 to 1516,
Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere in the Vatican in Rome.
At the end of 1516, Leonardo accepted the invitation of
the young King Francis I and moved to France together “No man possessed such a
with his most devoted student Melzi. Leonardo was knowledge of painting, sculpture
given a beautiful house called Clos Lucé near the King’s or architecture as Leonardo, but
summer palace in Amboise. The King expressed a the same goes for philosophy. He
profound respect for Leonardo, enjoyed visiting often was a great philosopher.”
to listen to him. ~ King Francis I

After being paralyzed on his right side for two years, Leonardo died at Clos Lucé on May 2,
1519, at the age of 67 and was buried at the Chapel of St. Hubert.

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 The Death of Leonardo da Vinci in the arms of Francis I
Left (François-Guillaume Ménageot, 1781) and Right (Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1818)

The Artist and his Masterpieces

“Painting is concerned with all the ten attributes of sight which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity
and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.”
~ Leonardo da Vinci

Desiring to paint things realistically, Leonardo was one

of the first artists exploring the use of light and shadow
technique known as Chiaroscuro, which gave his
paintings the soft, lifelike and 3-D quality. This
innovation eventually became the standard for painters
who followed in the 16th century.

Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, the portrait of

Lisa Gioconda, a wealthy Florentine merchant’s wife, is
perhaps the most admired portrait that has ever been
painted. The painting has been praised as "the best
known, the most visited, the most written about, the
most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the
world." This is due largely to the soulful, mysterious
smile, which has caused much speculation.

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 The Last Supper (1495-1498)

The Last Supper is a mural painting on the back wall of the dining hall at the convent of
Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Italy. Considered by many as Leonardo’s greatest
painting, The Last Supper employs all of his anatomy study in the expressions of Christ and
the Apostles.

The Virgin and Child with The Virgin of the Rocks The Virgin and Child with St.
St. Anne (1503) (1483-1486) Anne and St. John the Baptist
(1499-1500)

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The Anatomist and the Combination of Arts and Science
In order to make paintings
as real as possible,
Leonardo studied anatomy
and analyzing the
proportions of man’s inner
structure. He often watched
doctors perform autopsies
and making lots of notes on
his subjects. Later, he even
dissected on his own plants,
animals and human.
Through careful observing
and documenting
physiological processes and
details of anatomy, he
gained understanding of the respiratory system, skeletal and muscle tissues, brain
anatomy, and digestive and reproductive systems. It was a big contribution in advancing
human knowledge in the Renaissance age. His drawings were so accurate that they are still
used to illustrate anatomy in medical textbooks today.
The Vitruvian Man, also known as the Canon of
Properties or Proportions of Man, is Leonardo’s
famous sketch based on writings of the Roman
architect Marcus Vitruvius living 1500 years earlier.
For Vitruvius, a building should be symmetric and
proportionated to be balance and beautiful and these
attributes can be found always in nature and the
human body is the perfect natural example in
symmetry and proportion. Our human body is the
mathematical reflection of the Phi ratio Fibonacci
series spiral, the golden mean of the Cosmos, the key
and the matrix of life on earth and of all creation.
Through this golden ratio, the harmonious
development of form is connected with the
individual’s need to live according to nature (in the
best and least wasteful way possible). Bringing
together ideas about arts, architecture, human
anatomy, geometry and symmetry, this picture

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represents Leonardo’s attempt to relate man as a cosmography of the microcosm, “the
workings of the human body as an analogy of the workings of the universe.”

The Scientist, the Designer and Inventions of the Future

"Leonardo da Vinci was like a man who awoke too early in the darkness, while the others
were all still asleep." ~ Sigmund Freud
With an inquisitive mind, Leonardo was curious to study nature and how things work. His
works in science and technology were impressive in their diversity and originality. Most of
his scientific theories and inventions were not realized at his time but hundreds years later.
His various inventive designs include bicycle, parachute, helicopter, folding furniture,
extendable ladder, automated musical instruments, swing bridge, dredger, rotating cranes,
robotic knight, water turbines, compass, armored cars, submarines, double-hull boats,
diving suits… etc. Leonardo also pioneered the concept of automation, by designing
machines that can help increase our productivity.
Leonardo was a ‘magical’ artist, sculptor, designer and architect with the power to create,
to think and vivify, to produce ideal beauty in material forms and patterns.

Drawings of a flying machine in Leonardo’s sketchbook

Leonardo was particularly interested in flight that he developed his own mechanics for
flying machines by studying birds and their wing pattern.
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

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 Leonardo’s design of Leonardo’s design of perpetual motion machines
a self-supporting bridge

Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a square Leonardo da Vinci's revolving bridge design

church with central dome and minaret

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The inspirations for almost all of Leonardo’s designs came from studying and
contemplating on the natural world.

“Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic,
her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention
without necessity. Human subtlety will never devise an invention
more beautiful, simpler or more direct than does nature because in
her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.”
~ Leonardo da Vinci
As a botanist, Leonardo discovered and described leaf
arrangement in plants as well as geotropism (the growth of a
living organism in response to gravity) and heliotropism (the
attraction and growth of plants towards the sun). As a geologist,
he was the first to document soil erosion. As an astronomist, he
discovered that the sun does not move and that the earth is not Leonardo’s spiral
the center of the universe 40 years before Copernicus; suggesting staircase (resembles a
snail’s shell in nature)
the telescope 60 years before Galileo; and anticipating the law of in La Rochefoucauld,
gravitation 200 years before Newton. Moreover, Leonardo made France.
significant discoveries and advancements in hydrodynamics,
cartography and alchemy.1

2. Place on the Path

Doctor James Oliver Cyr in the article “The Initiates of Earth”2 wrote that Leonardo da Vinci
together with other great painters Michaelangelo, Raphael, Paulo Veronese…, the
philosophers John Locke and Giordano Bruno, the writer Miguel Cervantes, the composer
Palestrina, the violin maker Antonio Stradivari were among many Initiates involved in the
Renaissance effort, which was designed to pull Europe out of the Dark Ages. On the other
hand, according to the Index of Spiritual Teachers at the Esoteric Philosophy website3,
Leonardo da Vinci, “who was a real human Avatar coming from Mercury, has now left our
solar system for Sirius, where he is the equivalent of an eighth degree initiate.”
I also think that Leonardo had reached the stage of Initiation. His profound thinking of
unity, interconnectedness, inclusiveness, his comprehension on nature and the analogy of
man and the universe, his soulful, multi-talented personality and the great mind far beyond
his time showed us a wise and integrated man with a high level of expanded consciousness.

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The Profile of a Genius: http://www.andreabalt.com/leonardo-davinci-coverletter
2The Initiates of Earth: http://www.kuthumi-hands.com/myblogs/initiates.htm
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Masters, Avatars and Disciples: An Index of Spiritual Teachers:
http://www.esoteric-philosophy.net/mast-av-disc.html

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 3. Rayological Profile
The rayological profile for Leonardo da Vinci would
be proposed as:
- Physical-etheric ray 7
- Emotional ray 2
- Mental ray 5
- Personality ray 4
- Soul ray 4

Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci

Physical-etheric Ray 7
Leonardo’s physical body had
characteristics of the 7th ray which
are refine and delicate. One typical
feature of the physical ray 7 is the
graceful use of hands and we know
that Leonardo could write on one
hand and draw with the other hand
at the same time.
In his sketchbooks, Leonardo wrote
with a special kind of shorthand that
he invented himself, a backward
mirror writing style, starting at the Leonardo’s backward, mirror writing
right side of the page and moving to
the left.
Being a vegetarian, Leonardo paid attention to diet and keeping a healthy regime. Here is
his fitness advice, originally in Italian in the form of a poem4:
"If you would keep healthy, follow this regimen: do not eat unless you feel inclined, and sup
lightly: chew well, and let what you take be well cooked and simple. He who takes medicine
does himself harm. Do not give way to anger and avoid close air. Hold yourself upright when
you rise from table and do not let yourself sleep at midday. Be temperate with wine, take a
little frequently, but not at other than the proper meal-times, nor on an empty stomach;
neither protract not delay the [visit to] the privy. When you take exercise let it be moderate.
Do not remain with the belly recumbent and the head lowered, and see that you are well

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Leonardo da Vinci's Ethical Vegetarianism: http://www.ivu.org/history/davinci/hurwitz.html

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covered at night. Rest your head and keep your mind cheerful; shun wantonness, and pay
attention to diet." ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Emotional Ray 2
“Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
Emotional ray 2 is calm, inclusive, harmless, very affectionate and compassionate.
Leonardo loved animals so much that he turned vegetarian.
“If man wants freedom why keep birds and animals in cages? Truly man is the king of beasts,
for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places! I have
since an early age abjured the use of meat. The time will come when men such as I will look
upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Mental Ray 5
Mental ray 5 is typical for their analytical mind and powerful research capability. For the
multi-talented Renaissance genius, Science is blended with Arts. More than a great artist,
Leonardo da Vinci was also an excellent scientist, inventor, engineer and anatomist.

www.kidsdiscover.com

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  Video clip: Famous Scientist - Leonardo da Vinci https://youtu.be/L6vniKY2B0g
 Leonardo da Vinci’s Inventions: http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/davinci-
inventions.aspx

His detailed anatomical drawings were remarkably accurate that they are used to teach
medical students nowadays5.
“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Personality Ray and Soul Ray 4

Ray 4 is the ray of artists, Beauty
and Harmony. Ray 4 soul is rare;
however, Leonardo was alive
during the Renaissance period
when ray 4 was prominent so a
ray 4 soul is not out of place.
Here we have an artistic Initiate
with soul integrated personality
of ray 4. The soul qualities of ray
4 had been demonstrated clearly
in the great artist Leonardo, that
were the power to creatively Leonardo da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa (Cesare Maccari, 1863)
express divinity, the constant
search for true harmony, unity and perfection.

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Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinarily detailed anatomical drawings show he was more than a match for
today's medical technology http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383273/Leonardo-da-Vincis-
drawings-100s-years-ahead-time.html

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 4. The Active Chakras
Since Leonardo had reached the Initiate stage (as proposed in the 2nd question), his heart,
brow and head chakras must become dominant, and he might be at the 3rd transference of
energy from the base chakra to the head chakra.
The brow chakra represents the highest form of creative intelligence, imagination, and that
is demonstrated obviously in Leonardo’s creative works and original inventions as an
artist, architect, designer, scientist and engineer.
At the 3rd transference, we have the
integrated personality where the soul gained
the control in his life and producing amazing
soulful arts of masterpieces.
"Where the spirit does not work with the hand,
there is no art."
~ Leonardo da Vinci
Flowing through the heart chakra was ray 4,
and through the brow chakra were ray 4 and
ray 5 and through the head chakra was ray 1.
As proposed, we have emotional ray 4 and
mental ray 5 presented in Leonardo da
Vinci’s rayological profile, which added to the
power and intensity of these chakras. The
influences of these rays would tend to be
more in mental and spiritual terms.
With these higher chakras gained ascendancy
in Leonardo’s life and since his proposed soul
ray was also ray 4, we have here a great artist
of high level of mastery and a genius The Flowers of Life in Leonardo da Vinci's
scientist, far ahead of his time. Sketchbook

“Wisdom is the daughter of experience.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
“Who sows virtue reaps glory.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
“As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.” ~ Leonardo
da Vinci

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 5. Summary
I hypothesise that Leonardo da Vinci had reached the initiate stage on the Spiritual Path.

His ray structure was proposed as following:

 Soul ray of 4
 Personality ray of 4
 Mental ray of 5
 Emotional ray of 2
 Physical-etheric ray of 7

The ray which he most ably demonstrated was ray 4 which was reflected in his natural
artistic talent, his great contributions in the art world, and his harmonious unity of
approaching both the science of art and the art of science.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Sun Sign is Taurus, flowing through which is the ray 4 of Beauty – Art –
Harmony through Conflict. The exoteric ruler of Taurus is Venus, the planet of the 5th ray,
the ray of mental and rational mind, of science and technology. Here, we have seen the
effects of both ray 4 of art and ray 5 of science blended beautifully in his works and life.
For a Taurus Sun, the negative he needed to overcome is the release of personal desires
and attachments. The esoteric ruler of Taurus is Vulcan, the planet of the 1st ray of Will
Power, the “Blacksmith of the Gods”, dissolving past patterns of behaviour and thought
forms in favor of the soul-infusion process for a growing consciousness, which leads
ultimately to detachment from desires and compulsion of form. Thus, the soul may further
externalize its purpose and work. As the soul-integrated Taurean initiate, Leonardo da
Vinci revealed the divine truth through expressing the harmony, unity and beauty of life.
It was such an interesting and mind-opening experience for me in writing on this amazing
genius. The paper is just a glimpse on his great legacy and mysteries which inspire me to
continue decoding and studying further in the future.
As the perfect integration of mind, body, spirit and soul, Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest lesson
for me is the system view of life, the recognition of the interconnectedness of all things and
phenomena.
“Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of
science. Develop your senses - especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to
everything else.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
I would like to express my deep gratitude to Morya Federation and especially to my dear
Mentor, Ms. Eva Smith for her kind guidance as always.
Love, Light and Power.

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Leonardo da Vinci’s Astrological Birth Chart

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References
Cover Photo: www.stampworld.de
Content Collage: www.puzzle.de/leonardo-da-vinci-collage-1000-teile-grafika-puzzle.html
Biography, Inventions, Paintings:
 www.biography.com/people/leonardo-da-vinci-40396
 www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci/Last-years-1513-19
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
 www.leonardoda-vinci.org/biography.html
 www.leonardodavinci.net/leonardo-da-vinci-biography.jsp
 www.leonardodavincisinventions.com
 www.da-vinci-inventions.com/davinci-inventions.aspx
 www.kidsdiscover.com/shop/issues/leonardo-da-vinci-for-kids
 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383273/Leonardo-da-Vincis-drawings-100s-
years-ahead-time.html
 http://soscollemaggio.com/en/leonardo-da-vincis-secret-code.html
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_references_to_Leonardo_da_Vinci
 http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/leonardo.html
 http://www.andreabalt.com/7-ways-to-think-like-leonardo-da-vinci
Leonardo da Vinci’s Birth Chart: www.astro.com

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